Why??

 

After only one week back in use, the Little Library we take care of in front of the high school was vandalized again, with someone apparently punching through both layers of plexiglass on the door 

There is no reason to do that, no reason to harm the property of another, much less shared property used for the common good. No reason, that is, except a lack of decency, upbringing, and manners. 

Will we repair it yet again? 

Probably. Maybe. I don't know. 

It's Back in Action

Nearly six weeks after vandals destroyed the plexiglass door of the little library outside the high school, I reinstalled the repaired door yesterday.  

It took awhile to do the repair, with the holidays and whatnot keeping the project on the back burner. But Lisa and I cut and installed the plexiglass Sunday, and I ventured out into the deep freeze to put it back up. 

Sorry for the blurry "after" photo, my hands were frozen. (It was 2 degrees F according the radio on the way there; my car's exterior thermostat said 7 degrees)

Now, to restock it . . . 

A Morning with Junie

Saturday morning Junie rolled out with me and Lisa to Central Library, where we stopped at the Book Cellar to stock up on books for the Little Library.  Then it was straight to her school, where the ladies filled the empty book box.

 Aftwerards we journeyed to Ross's on 70th and Greenfield, where they found several pieces for her senior picture outfits. From there, it was on to Maurice's at Southridge Mall, then a late breakfast at Honey Butter. 

That's Lisa's avacado toast and Junie's chocalate crepes in the pictures. I did not feel my biscuits and gravy was photogenic enough LOL 

Football, Flea (Markets) and Free (books)

So our Saturday was jam packed. After some early morning errands we headed over to Thomas More High School, where my cousin's son Isaiah was practicing football - he's #49 - on his 14th birthday no less!

Then  we visited a flea market in the basement of a church. We didn't buy much - not even this Babe Ruth autobiography I remember from high school - but it was fun to look around. 
 

Afterwards we headed down to Junie's high school to stock the Free Little Library, where someone came up and took a pair of books before we even pulled away from the curb!

There was much more to come before the day was through . . . 

Our Back to School Gift

School resumes tomorrow, marking the quickest summer ever, in my opinion, and to make sure the students at the high school started the year off right, Lisa and I went and filled the little library out front with goodies. 

Afterwards, along with Lisa's Mom and our doggos, we drove out to Tastee Twist for some treats for ourselves.

Have a great and productive School year!!

No Hard Feelings

On Sunday, after a day spent thrift shopping, delivering books to Little Libraries,

 getting ice cream at Tastee-Twist, napping, and having dinner at Classic Slice, Lisa and I went to see No Hard Feelings at the Ridge Cinema. YaYa and her boyfriend joined us both for dinner and the flick.

No Hard Feelings is a comedy about an Uber driver, played by Jennifer Lawrence, who loses her car just as she is facing foreclosure for back property taxes. To get back on the road, and save her home, she answers a personal ad from a rich couple who want her to “date” their son, played by Andrew Barth Feldman, in exchange for a free car. That’s “date” in quotes, as in take his virginity. Unfortunately for her the socially awkward 18-year-old is no easy catch, and time is running out.

I liked the film, and there were parts where I laughed my butt off. But when you release multiple trailers (just a cursory Google search showed me 5 minutes of “official” material) you’re showing your audience 10% of your final 90 minute  product, and presumably some of the best of it. There were parts of the film that would have been hysterical, had I not seen it six or seven times before.

That’s not the film’s fault, but it definitely impacts your viewing.

A negative that was the fault of the filmmakers, and I can’t believe I’m saying this, because it’s so counterintuitive: the characters were too 3-dimensional.

This was a raunchy , laugh out loud, don’t-worry-about-the plot-holes kind of flick and what did they do? They developed rich, emotional backstories and complex motivations for the two lead characters. That’s super swell as an assignment in a screenwriting class, but was it needed here, with this material?  I think this a case where keeping the characters firmly in their lane would have better served the comedy.

Don’t mind me though, I’m a grouch. I still rate this a solid B. Go see it.